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RE: a curious question

From: Taylor Henry (tortolitas)
Date: Mon Feb 28 2000 - 07:10:59 PST

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    FWIW I checked it out on the web and found this:

     <http://lycos.infoplease.com/ce5/CE026135.html>

    >>"Abstract decoration of the surface is an important factor in every work
    of Islamic art and architecture, whether large or small. Curving and often
    interlaced lines, of which the arabesque is a typical example, and the use of
    brilliant colors characterize almost all of the finest productions, which are
    of greatly varied styles. >*>*>*>Islamic art eschews the realistic
    representation of human beings and animals,<*<*<* and its floral designs are
    extremely distant from their original models. While the prohibition against
    depicting living forms is not contained in the Qur'an,it is widely thought
    that the non-representational character of Islamic ornament has its source in
    the traditional theological prohibition against imitating God's works."<<

    -henry
    (he's b a a a k! ;-)

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